Synonyms of falling off

falling off

verb

present participle of fall off

as in curving

to turn away from a straight line or course

the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curving
• sweeping
• bowing
• rounding
• arching
• winding
• arcing
• trending
• turning
• bending
• swerving
• hooking
• circling
• curling
• looping
• crooking
• wheeling
• curlicuing
• spiraling
• coiling
• deviating
• veering
• twisting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of falling off

On our last tour, Charlotte’s feathers were falling off of her robe and Hendrix kept following her trying to put them back on. — Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 31 July 2026

The exceptions are Indiana, USC (because of the Notre Dame series falling off), Penn State and Nebraska (which canceled a series with Tennessee). — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 24 July 2026

The retailer has received 23 reports of the pearls falling off, but no injuries have been reported, per the agency. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Target has received 23 reports of pearls falling off the sandals. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Recent emergencies have included animals falling off a boat, lacerations from dog fights on the beach, clamshell ingestion, sand impaction, which can cause obstructions in the digestive system, and of course Lyme disease. — Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

The truck owner grabbed onto the passenger’s side door to try and stop the theft, but was dragged at least a half-block before falling off and suffering numerous cuts and bruises. — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 1 June 2026

Payne died at the age of 31 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling off a balcony from a hotel’s third floor. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 May 2026

Ten piglets were rescued from a roadway in rural Lee County, Illinois, after falling off a truck on Thursday morning. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 28 May 2026